Fear that the Trump administration would make good on his threats to stop payments to insurers for Obamacare has subsided, for now, after a spokesman said all August payments would be made.

The state Air Resources Board approved a paragraph, tucked in a 17-page resolution, that will likely mean benefits worth hundreds of millions of dollars for oil and agriculture.

When a therapy dog refused to drink at a San Diego grade school, it was the first clue that something was wrong with the water. Tests revealed why the pup turned up its nose—the presence of polyvinyl chloride, the polymer in PVC pipes that degrade over time. But further analysis found something else that had gone undetected by the dog, the teachers and students of the San Diego Cooperative Charter School, and the school district: elevated levels of lead. Nor is this an isolated situation. Tests have turned up harmful levels of lead in water fountains and taps at other schools in San Diego and Los Angeles.

The state’s top prosecutor, Xavier Becerra, and San Francisco City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, announced this morning that they are filing side-by-side lawsuits against the Trump administration—the goal is to protect federal funding for designated “sanctuary jurisdictions.”

Update: Senate Bill 328 to delay school start times stalled in the Assembly during the Legislature’s final days. The author said he’ll revive the proposal in 2018, the second in a two-year legislative session.  Coaxing groggy teenagers out of bed and onto an early morning school bus is a challenge for many parents. Democratic state […]

It’s rare that a California lawmaker seeking a policy model to follow would turn to Kentucky. But with the Legislature on summer recess, that’s precisely what Sen. Bob Hertzberg is doing. The mission: travel to the Bluegrass state to investigate how Kentucky gets its defendants awaiting trial to show up for court dates and keep […]

Tax reform may not be much more than a glimmer in the eye of Republicans in Washington D.C., but their promise of lower rates and closed loopholes appears to be already jostling state and local finances.

To the relief of California's infant recreational cannabis industry, a federal task force convened by Attorney General—and marijuana foe—Jeff Sessions fails to justify a crackdown on states that have legalized marijuana.

In a letter to San Bernardino and Stockton—cities plagued by violence— the Trump administration made clear that cities need not apply for new crime-fighting funds if they are "sanctuaries" for undocumented immigrants.

State Labor Commissioner Julie Su has delivered an edict to her staff: Do not allow federal immigration agents into your offices or meetings unless they have a warrant.